Spain's finance minister Luis de Guindos (L) speaks with his Greek counterpart Yanis Varoufakis during an emergency Eurogroup finance ministers meeting at the European Council in Brussels, February 20, ...

Sentiment across European financial markets was relatively subdued Tuesday as investors cut exposure to risk ahead of key events in the latter half of this week while digesting macro reports released earlier ...

European stock markets hovered close to multi-year highs on Tuesday, helped by better-than-expected German retail sales data and merger speculation in the Portuguese banking sector. Bid rumours also drove ...

Swiss private bank Julius Baer expects shares in Germany, Italy and Spain to benefit the most from the European Central Bank's bond-buying stimulus programme, due to their greater sensitivity to the economic ...

Turkey's central bank releases minutes of its last meeting at which it cut interest rates by a quarter point. He stepped up his rhetoric dramatically over the weekend, saying anyone opposing interest rates cuts was guilty of treason. Rumours were rife last week that central bank governor Erdem Basci had quit, which he …

U.S. stock prices rallied on Monday, with the Nasdaq composite crossing 5,000 for the first time in 15 years, while the dollar touched an 11-year high on expectations the Federal Reserve will raise interest ...

U.S. stock prices rose on Monday, with the Nasdaq composite touching the 5,000-point mark for the first time in 15 years, while the dollar hit an 11-year high on expectations the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates later this year. Asian stocks ended higher after China cut interest rates over the weekend, but European …

Spending by households drove Britain's economic recovery once again in the third quarter despite a slight fall in disposable incomes and weaker business investment growth than previously reported, official data showed on Tuesday. The economy grew by 0.7 percent in the July-September period from the second quarter, in line …

BBC boss Tony Hall has warned the corporation is at "a crossroads" and that the licence fee should be updated. Mr Hall highlighted a recent report by MPs which called for changes to the licence fee to include its catch-up iPlayer service and also suggested an alternative to the current system. The preferred option of …

A trio of respectable Eurozone economic data reports failed to lift stock indices in the 17-nation bloc as investors cut exposure to risk ahead of this week's crucial stimulus kick-off by the European ...

Prices in the 19-nation eurozone were down 0.3 percent in February, much less than the drop of 0.6 percent in January when tumbling energy costs slashed the cost of living, the EU statistics agency Eurostat ...

European shares slipped from seven-year highs on Monday, weighed down by merger activity in the telecoms sector, while Asian stocks edged up after China cut interest rates at the weekend. The dollar hit an 11-year high against a basket of currencies on growing prospects of a rise in U.S. interest rates from the U.S. Federal …

The Australian dollar was the biggest loser, down almost one percent against the euro, on speculation that China's weekend cut in interest rates had increased the probability of a second reduction in as many months by the Reserve Bank of Australia on Tuesday. Dealers and analysts in London, where 60 percent of the world's …

The good news for the global economy is that the eurozone's economic troubles appear to be bottoming out. This week's data flow, including purchasing managers indexes, should emphasize that modestly improving picture.

The dollar hovered around an 11-year high against a basket of major currencies on Monday, helped by the fallout from a cut in Chinese interest rates which added to renewed pressure in the past week on the euro. Dealers and analysts in London, where 60 percent of the world's currency trade is done, said the main theme of …

Euro zone manufacturing growth steadied in February to match January's six-month high, helped by a weaker euro that boosted export orders and a faster pace of hiring, a business survey showed on Monday. "The euro zone manufacturing sector barely expanded in February, highlighting the malaise that still hangs over the region's …

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